Gary W. Allison

Screenwriter

Personal Details

Name: Gary W. Allison

Last visit: Oct 2, 2008

Location: United States
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Interests

Family, God, human behavior.

Superficial: Writing, music, wine, food, cigars, snorkeling.

Books

Biographies, spy thrillers, insiders, and anything by Hemmingway.

Movies

JAWS

Television

The Travel Channel
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Texas Hodown

Texas Hodown is a memory of a romantic and troubling time from my childhood. I was ten, just moved to Texas with my folks and desperate to fit in. It was the western part of the state, dry as bone and full of anticipation. The late 70's were a desperate time for many people in the U.S. Gas prices were out of control, jobs were few, and the world was getting smaller. We moved from Michigan, away from family and friends, my parents hoping to settle down and plan for a bright future. Financial strains, immaturity, and loneliness would ultimately snuff out the flame of any bright future.

The Texas summers were a lot of fun. I would often run through the desert, chasing road runners, catching horned toads, and having imaginary gun battles with outlaws and Indians. The desert was and still is a wonderful place to escape. Hopefully, Texas Hodown carries well into that memory I still hold on to after all these years.

On summer days when the wind felt feisty,
Small dust devils bounced and whirled about.
Tumble weeds baked brown in the hot Texas sun
Danced a square dance up and down and all around.
Lizards and snakes did a promenade, clapping their scales
To a hodown funk. One played a fiddle and
Sang a slithery song. I stomped my feet and yipped
Like a puppy being kicked.

From inside the house Mother yelled, "What's that noise?"
I am a lizard and I am a snake.
I dance with devils and spin with weeds.
"Wait till your father gets home."
Suddenly devils became resting dust and nothing more.
The wind skipped off for another part of
Town. And snakes were snakes,
And lizards were lizards.

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About Me

I've been writing screenplays, commercial scripts, radio advertisements, and local stage productions since 1997. In 2001, I created Motor City Productions, a successful corporate and television support production house located in Metro Detroit. I co-wrote and produced a family short titled, THE BOY WHO FACED HIS GIANT, distributed by Madacy Entertainment, in the summer of 2004 with producing partner Ric Viers. In July 2005, I left Motor City Productions to concentrate on my writing career. It was during that time that I wrote three screenplays: CROSSFIRE (action), THE SCARLET (thriller), and BAD LEROY BROWN (thriller).

In June 2006, I began producing for The Detroit Chop Shop, the world's largest provider of sound effects for the motion picture, television, radio, and video gaming industry. During the summer of 2007, I sold a horror screenplay titled, CUT PRINT, to Orlando Entertainment. That same year, I was hired to write a television sit-com pilot titled, SHADES OF GRAY. My screenplay, THE SCARLET, is a 2008 Bluecat Screenwriting Lab Contest finalist. At this time, I am working on another thriller titled, TO SERVE AND PROTECT.

Goal

To write entertaining screenplays that producers want to buy and make into films that are profitable. And if that doesn't work out, I want to be a cowboy.